Division of Interdisciplinary Research: Recent submissions
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Parallel Smoothers for Multigrid Method in Heterogeneous CPU-GPU Environment
Real-world applications require the solution of large a sparse system of algebraic equations that arise from the discretization of partial di erential equations with the help of supercomputers. Modern supercomputers are ... -
Density Stratified Thermal Energy Storage System and Associated Fluid Dynamic Perturbations
The hunger of humankind for energy has reached unprecedented levels with the ever-rising industrialization and global population surge. We are witnessing a global economic evolution towards a clean, affordable, sustainable ... -
Development of Copper Telluride based Thermoelectric Materials Synthesis, Microstructure and Properties
Thermoelectric materials play an important role in harvesting the waste heat into useful electrical energy. Since thermoelectricity can lead to a clean energy conversion technology, it is important to find suitable TE ... -
A Hierarchical Control Plane Framework for Integrated SDN-SFC Management in Multi-tenant Cloud Datacenters
Cloud data centers represent one of the most complex and dynamic environments in terms of network management. The multitude of hosted applications in such centers share the same fabric and yet demand easy and fast service ... -
A Control Systems Approach to Understanding Saccadic Eye Movements
The oculomotor system is extensively studied using concepts of control theory like optimal control, feedback control, and predictive control. But these studies have largely been restricted to investigating the central ... -
Improving photoacoustic imaging with model compensating and deep learning methods
Photoacoustic imaging is a hybrid biomedical imaging technique combining optical ab- sorption contrast with ultrasonic resolution. It is a non-invasive technique that is scalable to reveal structural, functional, and ... -
Global control of mechanics on Riemannian manifolds, and applications to under-actuated aerial vehicles
We consider the problem of designing trajectory tracking feedback control laws for La- grangian mechanical systems in a Riemannian geometric framework. Classical nonlinear control techniques that rely on Euclidean ... -
Conformal Electronics on Elastomers: Packaging Methods and Design Rules
Flexible Electronics is a multi-disciplinary domain that creates intersections among elec- tronics, materials-science, mechanics, packaging, sensor-design, etc., to build exible / stretchable / conformal electronic ... -
A Study of High Responsibility Teams - Context, Structure and Process
Time-to-market pressures, accelerating technologies, innovation, resource limitations, and technical complexities, social and ethical issues are key characteristics of a high technology organizations. They are complex, ... -
Structural, Magnetic and Electrical Studies of Multiferroic BiFeO3 and CuO Epitaxial Thin Films
The multiferroics are an important class of multifunctional material which simultaneously possess spontaneous ferroelectric polarization and magnetic ordering. If there exists a coupling between the ferroelectricity and ... -
Design and Synthesis of Low Band Gap Ambient Stable Organic Semiconductors for Photovoltaics
Organic photovoltaics is a fast-developing technology and has the potential to revolutionize the energy market. In the recent years, high photoconversion efficiency has been achieved through continuous efforts on design ... -
Raman Microspectroscopic Studies on Differentiating Bacteria, Detecting Antimicrobial Resistance and Delineating Biomarkers of Sepsis
Over the last few decades, the development of several new techniques as well as sophisticated instruments have contributed to a better understanding of biological systems. Among these, Raman spectroscopy has emerged as an ... -
Corporate Sustainability in India : Analysis of Business Performance in the Context of Climate Change Risks and Opportunities
New standards, regulations and expectations of transparency from various stakeholders are forcing corporate sustainability strategy to move into the mainstream demanding the businesses to become proactive and de-risk ... -
Bright-field Nanoscopy
This thesis discusses the design and development of a technique which focuses on visualization of nanoscale structures using a regular bright-field optical microscope without the need of any additional fluorescent tags. ... -
Exploration of Materials and Platforms for the Development of a Label-free Electrochemical DNA Sensor
The aim of the studies presented in this thesis was to explore various materials and platforms for the detection of DNA in order to develop a cost-effective, repeatable and reproducible electrical/electrochemical DNA sensor. ... -
Combustion Synthesized Cobalt Catalysts for Liquid Fuel Generation Via Fischer Tropsch Reaction
This thesis is concerned with studies on the conversion of syngas to liquid hydrocarbons. A major part of the effort is aimed at synthesising the catalyst and use of it in a speci cally designed high pressure-high ... -
Energy Efficient Flexible Baseband Processing for Mobile and Cognitive Radios
Wireless communication has become an integral part of human life, and one of the dominating applications in today’s world. Mobile communication devices are the largest consumer electronic group in terms of volume. In 2007, ... -
Development of Cu-based Intermetallic Reflector Materials for Concentrated Solar Power Application
The growing demand for energy is an important issue for the existence and development of humankind. In order to reduce the impact of conventional energy sources on the environment, attention should be paid to the development ... -
Hardware-Software Co-Design Accelerators for Sparse BLAS
Sparse Basic Linear Algebra Subroutines (Sparse BLAS) is an important library. Sparse BLAS includes three levels of subroutines. Level 1, Level2 and Level 3 Sparse BLAS routines. Level 1 Sparse BLAS routines do computations ... -
Materials, Processes and Device Design for High Performance, Sub-thermionic MoS2 FETs
The shrinking of the field-effect transistor (FET), commonly termed CMOS scaling, has revolutionised the semiconductor industry and impacted most aspects of human life. However, this decades-long successful trend of scaling ...